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Patented Sept. 26, 1944 c MACHINE John M. Walter, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The G. A. Gray Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a

corporation oi Ohio Application June 19,1942, Serial No. 447,680 1 Claim. (or. 29-26) My invention relates more particularly to horizontal type boring, drilling and milling machines, with reference to which I have filed certain companion applications for patent, Serial No.'435,699, filed March 21, 1942, now Patent No. 2,307,975, dated January 12, 1943, Serial No. 439,- 866, filed April 21, 1942, and Serial No. 442,468, filed May 11, 1942.

The above applications for patent show across feed for the housing or column of a machine such as above indicated in addition to a lengthwise feed along the ways of the machine bed. They also show a spindle feed for moving the tool spindle axially. And finally they show a structure whereby the housing or column may be inched" 'or jogged into exact locations on the ways.

In the present application it is my object to provide for a feed control for various movements of the tool carrying parts of the machine, including the lengthwise and crosswise feed of the housing or column, the feed of the spindle carrying'head up and down the column, and the feed of the spindle axially in addition to its rotary motion; In this connection the point of the invention is to make the controls foolproof and very simple to operate as well as easy to learn to operate. The switch buttons are arranged, preferably, on a single pendant switch button support, and the control levers for clutching the drives for the various movements are arranged so that they will by their own direction of movement correspond to the direction of movement which will be imparted to the selected part. Thus if the selected part is to move to the right, the control lever thereof will be swung to the right, and if the selected part is to bemoved to the left, the same control lever will be moved to the rangements, since what, my invention is directed to is an organization of drives and controls which will have certain directional requirements, as above indicated. I hereby refer to the claimpwhich follows as an expression of the inventive features of the disclosure and distinctly do not disclaim power connections as distinguished from mechanical trains of connecting gears, levers, racks, pinions, etc.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a horizontal type boring, drilling and milling machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view taken from the right side of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation, being a fragmentary portion of Figure l but enlarged to snow additional detail.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic perspective showing an arrangement of drive gears and the train of levers and drive members for controlling movement of the column on the'runway.

Fig. 51s a diagrammatic perspectiveshowing the train of levers and drive members for controlling vertical movement of the head upon the column.

Fig. 6 is'a fragmentary and enlarged front elevation showing in detail certain elements of the spindle feed control, parts being broken away and other parts being shown in section.

Fig. I is a fragmentary sectional view taken along :the line 'l-l of Figure 1 illustrating an interlocking device which may be employed.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic perspective illustrating the spindle feed control system.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation showing the upper portion of the pendant switch, and

Fig. 10 is a continuation of'Figure 9, showing the lower portion of the pendant switch.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the machine comprises a base member or runway i having ways 2, 2 upon which is slidably mounted. the column 3. Slidably mounted for vertical movement upon ways 4, 4 of the column is the head 5 which carries the spindle 6, the spindle being suitably formed to accommodate various tools controlled by operation of certain control levers to be described, the motor A being controlled 2 assasee 13 which operates through various selective speed change gears contained in the head I, the engagement ofthe gears and consequently the I speed of rotation of the spindle being controlled by the levers I, l and Ill, andvthe starting and stoppin operations of the motor 3 being controlled by certain push button stations as may be embodied in the pendant switch. An arrangement of drive mechanism for transmitting power from motor B to the spindle I is fully described in my Patent No. 2,215,627, issued Sep-' tember 24, 1940, to which patent reference is hereby made.

Movement of the column 3 along the runway i' occurs when a control lever H, which is shown throughout the drawings in neutral pomtion, is shifted in the direction of travel required, the motor A being thereafter energized by depression of the proper push buttoniof the pendant switch. a

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the column 3. This lever is shown in neutral position, whereby no engagement of the drive members is effected and no movement of the head will occur,but if shifted upward a train of gears and drive members will be engaged which will causethe head to be moved upward whenever the motor A is energized. If shifted downward the travel of the head will be downward. due to the arrangement of the drive members involved. The spindle feed or its normal slow rate of in and out motion with respect to the work is..as previously mentioned, derived from the motor A, the direction of travel being'controlled by a lever I3, which is shown in neutralposition in Figure 1. If this lever is shifted to the left, the resulting feed motion of the spindle will be to the left and to the spindle feed'mechanism being controlled entirely by actuation of certain push button stations such asmay be embodied in the pendant switch Ill. The detailed arrangement of motor 0 and the arrangement of certain other features of the spindle feed mechanism are disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 435,699, med March 21, 1942, now Patent No. 2,307,975, dated 'January 12, 1943, to which application reference is. hereby made.

The column 3 carries thereon the motor A and a gear box I6- which gear box' contains various gears and drive members driven by motor A, the detailed arrangement of which gears and drive members in conjunction with the detailed arrangement of t e, control members actuated by the levers l2 and D, will be disclosed as the description proceeds and as required for understanding of my invention,

' From the foregoing it will be understood that the control levers H, H and I3 are directional in effect, and that the speed or rate of movement, as well as the starting and stopping operations, of the column, head and spindle, is controlled by push button stations such 'asmaybe contained in the pendant switch 500 or at other convenient locations.

Golumndrive. on runway The lever" I I which controls engagement of the column drive mechanism, is mounted for convenience of the operator upon the head 5 and it will be understood that various other mountings or locations of this lever, as well as that of any other control lever described in this application, may be readily devised without departing from my invention.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the lever II is mounted upon a shaft I6 suitably journaled in The shaft it may have at its outer end a lever arm lfl engaging a rod i8 which is slidably mounted in the head 5 and is formed at its other end with a rack portion i9 which engages a spur gear 20. A suitable yoke formed in the head 5, retains the gear 20 in operative relation with the head but the gear is slidably mounted with respect to a vertical splined shaft 2| which is journaled at its upper and lower ends in the column 5. Near the lower end of the shaft 2| is amxed a lever arm 22 which engages a bar 23 slidably mounted for longitudinal movement in the lower portion of the column. The outer end of the bar 23 engages a double lever 24 which is pivoted at 25, the other end of the lever being pivotally connected to a rod 26. The rod 26 engages a lever'2l fixed on shaft 28 which has at its lower end a clutch fork 29. (Fig. 4.)

The clutchfork 29 operates a double clutch element 39 which is'slidably keyed or splined on a portion of a long shaft 3|. Arranged to rotate freely on the shaft 3| are a .pair of oppositely driven gears 32 and 33 which have hubs provided with clutch teeth. The clutch element 30, when shifted from its neutral position as shown, will engage the clutch teeth on the hub of either Sear to drive shaft 3| in. the direction of rotation of the gear.- The clutch element 30 and the gears'32 and thus provide a reversible drive for the shaft 3|, the engagement of the clutch being controlled by actuation of the lever I,

The shaft 3| is iournaled in the lower portion of the column and carries a worm 34 which drives a worm gear 35 fixed on a shaft 36, which is tically mounted and'has at its lower end a spur gear 31, which engages a rack 38 fixed in the base or runway of the machine. Thus when the gear 31 is rotated the column will be moved along the runway by power supplied by the motor A. The motor A is mounted on the column 3 and has aillxed to its shaft a worm 39. which drives the worm gear 40 on shaft 4|, which shaft carries a gear 42 meshing with a gear 43 on a stub shaft 44, and having amxed therewith a gear 45 of double width to engage the clutch gear 32 previously mentioned, and another gear 48.' The gear 43 is fixed on a shaft 41 having another gear 43 which drives the clutch gear 33 in reverse rotation to that imparted to the gear 32. It will now be clear how the motor A, acting through the drive members described, causes the column to be traversed along the runway by virtue of the gear 31, which is carried in the column, engaging assesses that the result produced will beto move the col-.

umn (in which the shaft 36 is mounted) in the direction.indicated by the.arrow E, which direction corresponds to that of arrow D. By moving the lever II in the direction of arrow F, the engagement of the clutch 30 will be such as to result in movement of the column in the direction of arrow G.

Head drive on column Referring to Figs. 3 and 5, the head drive mechanism is controlled by a lever I2 which is fixed on a shaft IOI journaled in the head and having at its other end a lever I02 to which is attached a rod I03 pivotally affixed at its upper end to a double lever I04 which is pivotally mounted at I05 and engages at its other end a bar I06, which bar is slidably mounted in the head. The bar I06 engages a lever I01 fixed on a shaft I08 which is also journaled in the head but which extends rearward, and has afilxed a spiral gear I09 which has a mate IIO mounted on a splined shaft III. The gear H0 is slidable along the shaft III and is retained in proper operating relation with the gear I09 by a suitable yoke construction of the head, so that when the head travels up or down the gear H0 is moved along in proper operative relation to the head and the splined shaft II I.

The shaft III is journaled at its upper and lower endsin the column 3 and has at its lower end a gear sector I I2 which engages a rack portion of a slidably mounted bar H3. The bar H3 is suitably mounted in the base of the column and engages a double lever II4, which lever is pivoted at H5 .and at its other end engages a clutch operating rod II6. By the arrangement shown it will be apparent that-movement of the lever I2 will result in movement of the rod II6,

which rod carries the clutch shifting fork II1 engaging a double clutch element H8. The' clutch element H8 is splined or slidably keyed to a long shaft 9 having ,a pair of gears I20 and I2I freely mounted thereon and driven in opposite directions of rotation, as will presently be described. The gears I20 and I2I each have hubs with clutch teeth facing the element'II8 so that by shifting the element II8 either of the gears may be engaged to direction of rotation. The shaft H9 is provided with suitable bearings in the lower portion of the column and has near its other, end a worm I22 which engages and drives a gear I23 fixed on'the vertical feed screw I24. The feed screw I24 is journaled in the column 3 and is engaged by a nut I25 carried by-the head 5. The drive means for'gears I20 and I2I is illustrated .in

Fig. 4. As here shown the gear 43, before described, meshes with a double width gear I28. which drives the gear I20 in the direction indicated. The gear I2I is driven in reverse relation by a gear I21 which is freely mounted on a shaft I28, the gear I21 being driven by a gear drive shaft He in either will now be clear that the head control lever I2 is directional in eflect. Thus if the lever is shifted upward as indicated by the arrow H, the resulting motions of the members involved will be as indicated by the small arrows throughout the figure and movement of the head will be upward as indicated by the arrow J. If the lever is shifted downward, the engagement of the clutch will be such that the head travels downward, whenever the drive motor A is energized.

Spindle feed As diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 8, the shaft I28, which is driven by gear I28a from gear I28 (Fig. 4), and which is suitably journaled in the lower portion of the column, has

afl'ixed thereto a miter gear 200, which drives a mate 20I fixed on a vertical splined shaft 202. The shaft 202 is journaled at its upper and lower ends in the column and has a slidably mounted bevel gear 203, meshing with a larger bevel gear operative relationwith the gear 204, so that as the head is raised or'lowered, the gear 203 slides along the shaft 202 and transmits motion thereof to the shaft 205. I

At its forward end the shaft 205 carries a bevel gear 208 which' serves to drive the gears 201 and 208 which, as illustrated, are bevel gears freely rotatable on a shaft 209 and, as indicated, will be driven'in oppositedirections of rotation. The gears 201- and 208 have inner hubs formed with clutch teeth so that either gear may engage to drive the double clutch member 2 I0, and the shaft 209, to which it is slidably keyed. The

clutch member 2I0 is shown in neutral or dis-' engaged position but may be shifted to'engage either of the gears to drive the shaft 209 in either direction by means of a clutch fork 2 I I, which is carried on a rod 2I2 slidably mounted in the head and having a slotted block 2 I 3 in which slot a crank pin or roller 2I4 engages. The crank pin 2 extends from a short shaft 2I5 which is journaled in the face plate ofthe head and to which shaft is fixed the feed control lever I3.

By manual operation of the lever I3 the direction'of feed or longitudinal movement of the spindle is controlled, and as will be understood by inspection of the diagram, when the lever is moved in 'a direction indicated byarrow K, the

movement of the spindle 6 will be in the direction indicated by arrow L and vice versa;

4 on the arrangement of the spindle feed mem- I ously mentioned. However. for

I29 fixed on a shaft I30 with the gear I26 just and-driven by the gear 43.

above referred to, shown and described it From the arrangement bers may be as described in, detail in my copending application, Serial No. 435,699, previcompleteness of the present description, the shaft 221, which cor-l responds to the shaft 40 of my co-pending application mentioned, terminates in a clutch jaw 228 and is normally engaged to an aligned shaft 228 by a double clutch element 230 which "is slidably keyed to the shaft 229 and is normally urged to the position shown by a spring 23I act-' ing on a shifting fork indicated at 232. Freely rotatablel pon the shaft 229 a gear Ill has a hub with clutch teeth suitable for engagement with the sliding clutch element Ill. By this arrangement the shaft ill may be driven either by engagement with the shaft 221 or, by shifting of the clutch as may be readily accomplished by means of a solenoid 52A, by power of the motor C, which motor operates through gears 234 and 23' to drive'shaft I" which has a worm 237 en a n the gear 233. The motor C, as before explained, is used for rapid traverse of the spin-- die and is a reversible motor so that the rapid traverseof the spindle may be accomplished by suitably arranged forward and reverse push button stations. v

As shown in Fig. 8, the shaft ill operates through gears l and Ill to drive gears 242 and .2 in Opposite directions ofrotation, thus rotating the screws 2 and Ill in the directions indicated. The spindle movement is produced by these screws which are threaded in opposite directions and are engaged by nuts Ill and 241, the nuts being connected to a cross bar 2 to which cross bar is attached the rear end of the spindle assembly which rear end comprises a member indicated at lll. By a suitable means (not herein disclosed) the member Ill is attached to the rear end of the spindle indicated at Ill, the juncture being such that the spindle may rotate freely but will be advanced or retracted longitudinally by movement of the member ill. This arrangement, as well as that of the oppositely rotating screws 2 and ill, together with the clutch Ill, solenoid 52A and motor C, is fully described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 435,699, now U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,307,975, referred to herein.

With reference to Fig. 8, it may be pointed out that the angular relation of shafts Ill and ill, and of the various elements-associated therewith, was adopted for purpose of illustration only, and that the actual arrangement of the shafts mentioned is in parallel planes.

Fig. 6 shows the detailed arrangement of the shaft ill; as hereshown the shaft may be in two sections Illa. and lllb normally held in driving engagement by a spring urged clutch memberv Ill slidably keyed to the portion Illa and eng ing a similar clutch member 25! fixed to theportion lllb of the shaft. The worm 211 is integral with the portion Illb and will be normally driven by rotation of the portion llla,

but under conditions of overload the clutch elements Ill and 252 may disengage due to an inclined formation of their teeth and the resilient mounting of the member 25L Overload clutches such as this may be provided as desired the spider (not shown) is such that the bevel gear III, which normally rotates in fixed relation withthe large gear lll, may be disengaged from the gear 2" and turned'by manual opera- 4 ,tion of the spider, to thus rotate the gear Ill and the train of mechanism driven thereby which efiects movement of the spindle.

Interlock mechanism It will be apparent that various interlock devices may be employed in,coniunction with my invention. In Fig. 7, I have illustrated such a device. As here shown the control shafts ii and III are provided with cam elements ill and lll which engage arms Ill and lll, extending from a slidably mounted bar Ill. The bar may be spring urged to the position shown'by a compressia. spring lll. It will be apparent that any rotation of the shaft 2 i or of the shaft ii I, which occurs when either the column drive or. the head drive is engaged, will result in movement of the bar 3 to the left. This movement may be employed. to close an electrical switch element Ill which may operate an electrical clutch or the like (not shown), associated with the feed drive shaft Ill to sever the driving connection to the spindle feed mechanism.

Sp ndle dfifie As before mentioned the spindle 6 may be driven or rotated by an arrangement shown and described in my Patent No. 2,215,627. For purposes of the present disclosure the spindle is driven from the motor B which is carried on the head and controlled by push button stations embodied in the pendant switch ill. The motor B drives various change gears, the selection of which is determined by the levers l, l and Il, and which train of gears terminates in a sleeve Ill, journaled in the head. The spindle l is mounted within the sleeve but is slidably keyed therewith so that rotation of thesleeve is im- I parted to the spindle, while permitting the spindle to slide lon itudinally, to and from the work, with respect to the sleeve.

Pendant switch pressed closes a circuit to a relay or heavier'motor switch which in turn closes a circuit to the motor A, to cause the motor to be energized. If the column or head drive gears are engaged, these members willthus be traversed. Upon releasing the button Ill the supply circuit of motor A will be immediately broken and the traversing movement of the members will cease, this docurring because the relay or heavier motor switch controlled by this botton is not provided with a holding coil or other device .to maintain the motor supply circuit closed.

The button ll! actuates a second relay or motor switch, which closes a circuit to motor A, but in which circuit is a rheostat or resistance 'or other suitable means such as may be employed for driving the motor A at a greatly reduced rate of speed. the motor A being of a variable speed type. The button Ill therefore serves as a micrometer feed control, or log station for either the column I or the head 5. The relay operated by this button has no holding coil and movement of the driven members ceases upon release of the button.

Arranged to be operated, if required, in conjunction with the button ll! is a reversing bution or station "2A, seen at the top of the pendant switch. This button lllA may operate a various relay or reversing switch in the circuit by motor A, said reversing switch being within the circuit controlled by button .502, so that both buttons must be depressed to operate the motor in re- 'ing the button 502 to jog the part to required position.

The button 503 actuates a third relay in the circuit of motor A to provide automatic or constant feed to the column or head.

retain the relay and the motor circuit controlled thereby in closed position, after the button has been released. In this circuit is a rheostat or other suitable means for adjusting the' speed of motor A to provide a desired rate of feed. To

release this relay, as must occur before the feeding action may be halted, the circuit to the said holding coil must be broken. For this purpose there is'provided a switch element controlled by the lever 504, actuation of the lever causing the circuit to be broken and halting the feeding operation. 7

The button 505 actuates a relay which closes a circuit to motor B. This relay has a holding coil so that when the button is released, the motor continues to operate. The motor B, as previously described, drives the spindle which will continue to operate until the motor circuit is broken by actuation of the lever 50!, which lever operates a switch element to break the circuit to the holding coil of the relay involved.

The button 500 also operates a relay to close the circuit to motor B, but this relay has no holding coil and the button'therefore serves as a means for jogging the spindle in forward rotation.

By use of the button 501 the spindle may be jogged in reverse rotation, this button operating a reversing switch and closing the circuit to motor B causes the motor and other members driven thereby to rotate in reverse direction.

The buttons 508 and 509 are the rapid traverse buttons for moving the spindle in or out, or to and from the work. Either of the buttons when depressed actuate the solenoid 52A, before described, which shifts the clutch 230 contained within the feed ram housing. This clutch, as before explained, disengages the normal spindle feed drive from motor A and engaged the drive members to the rapid traverse motor C, which motor is also energized by means of a suitable relay when either of the buttons 50! or 800 are This relay. has a holding coil or other magnetic means to,

depressed. The button 509 operates also a reversing switch in the motor circuit, so that when this button is depressed the rotation 01 the motor, and consequently the traverse oi the spindle, occurs in reverse direction. By this arrangement the button 508 operates torapid traverse the spindle in onedirection, and the button 500 operates to traverse the spindle in the opposite direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a'machine tool of the character described, a table upon which work may be clamped, a. bed, a column slidable along said bed, a head slidable [along said column in a direction opposed to the direction of the sliding movements of said column on said bed, a spindle rotatably mounted in said head and mounted also for axial movements therein, a first source of power, drives in connection with said power source for moving said column along said bed, said head along said column and said spindle axially in said head, clutch means in connection with said drives for rendering said drives effective in alternative directions, settable means for said clutch arrangements located on said head and settable for said alternative movements and to neutral positions, interlock means in connection with certain at least oi said clutch arrangements to prevent simultaneous actuationof certain of said drives, a second source oi, power for rotating saidspindle, a switch assembly in the form of a pendant suspended by a bracket from said column in a position adjacent work on said table, said switch assemblyincluding a switch 'Ior operating said first power source. and a switch for operating said second power source, each of said switches requiring continuous actuation to maintain energization 01 said power source, said switch assembly also including switches requirin: continuous actuation for reversing said power sources, and further switchesfor energizing each or said power sources, said last mentioned switches havins holding circuits to permit .indefinite operation, and yet another switch means whereby said holding circuits may be simultaneouslybroken, and a third source 0! power in said head for rapid traverse axial movement or the spindle, a clutch arrangement for selectively connecting the last mentioned power source and the first mentioned power source with the spindle, automatically acting means tor operating said clutch arrangement upon en'ergization oi said thirdpower source, and switch means in connection with said switch assembly for actuating said third power source selectively in diflerent directions.

JOHN M. WALTER. 

